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Early Years Learning Centre
The Early Years have had an eventful couple of weeks. We have been jumping rope to raise funds to support “Jump Rope For Heart”. I have seen the student’s excitement at making gifts and shopping for Mothers Day at the school stall. It has been great to see students out in the community on excursion to compliment the geography inquiry this term. News in the PLTs: PLT 1-Groups 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7 The students have been working on letter recognition like B for Beach and J for jellyfish. The students have been reading books by Alison Lester “The Beach” and ‘My Farm”. The students have been exploring different places and environments
from the story. Some students have been writing recounts about an excursion to the Point Cook Beach. In Maths the students have been learning about counting. They have been rolling a dice and the feeding the amount to the hungry animals they would find at the beach. PLT 2-Groups 3, 6, 9, & 10 The students in PLT 2 have been reading the story “Going Shopping” and ‘Are You My Mother?’. They have been a focusing on writing simple sentences using Proloquo2Go with the sentence starters ‘I am/I can’. In Maths, the students are also learning about money. They have been making shops and exploring money by sorting and identifying coins and notes. PLT 3-Groups 8, 11, 12, 13, & 18 The students have been reading books about the city. The book ‘Nana in the city’ was a huge focus on what the city was like. Their was a word/picture hunt through the text and the students explored the feelings of scared and brave by making their own cape like the boy in the story. In Maths the students have been focusing on patterns. They have been learning alternating ABA patterns, skip counting and find the missing element in number sentences. PLT 4-Groups 16, 17, 20, & 37 The students in PLT 4 are reading the story ‘Bright Stanley’. They have been learning about describing words to talk about what they see in the illustrations. The students have been using the iPad application ‘Clicker Connect’ to retell the story. In Maths, the students have been learning about ‘Time’. Some have been looking at Day and Night, Days of the week and exploration of the parts of a clock.
Monique Wegglaar Assistant Early Years Team Leader
Learning Centre Leaders’ Newsletter 19th May 2017
26th May & 12th June no students at school
22 May – 25 May
Monday, 22 May
Tuesday, 23 May Wednesday, 24 May Thursday, 25 May Friday, 26 May
Curriculum Day
Café 11 Students bake healthy breads such as Banana Bread and Fruity Breads as well as Zucchini Muffins in kitchen. Fruit will be presented in bowls in the Café and in the Staffroom
Specialists Staff games after school from 3:15-4:15 including
Board Games, Reiki, and a yoga station
Groups 32 and 36, 33 and 34. Kacey and Emilia (PE Teachers) will be doing healthy food choice activi-ties using visuals. Parents will be invited by students see these activities. There will also be a fitness cir-
cuit held in Multimedia. Performing Arts- Yoga activities using Go Noodle as an introduction into lessons. Visual Arts- Focus on the natural environment using printmaker techniques to make images of leaves and
plants. We will be pruning plants to use in these activities. We will talk about plants that produce fruits (e.g. tomatoes) through books. Music- Gavin will have a focus on dance and movement in his lessons.
STEAM- Fitbit challenge for students to increase their heart rate through various exercises while learning more about the human body and how amazing it really is.
Early Years Groups 10, 11, 12, 13 & 18:Yoga
& Healthy Picnic
Groups 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7: Healthy snacks and exercis-
es to accompany simultane-ous story time
Groups 16, 17, 20 & 37:
Decorating pots and planting flowers Groups 3, 6 and 10:
Healthy Picnic
Middle Years
Groups 19, 39, 40, 41 and 42
States Of Regulation- Inter-active rooms. Group 24 & 25
"Kids Move" Workshop Wednesday 24th May, 2:00pm
Group 23 Yoga Workshop
Group 22 Sensory Bottle Mak-
ing Thursday 25th May- Afternoon Session
Multimedia –Pods 1, 2 3
and 4
This will involve Tim’s Sports Coaching group running
sports sessions for both par-ents and students from 2-3 pm
Parents to play quiz-zes the student make
from 2-3pm
Later Years Group 33 Master Class
Simultaneous Reading Aloud Group 34
Separate classes craft activity for Simultane-ous Read Aloud
PE – Group 32 PE- Group 34 PE – Group 36
PM parent participation
Invite parents to at-tend Excursion to the
zoo.
Bethany Road
Campus
Cayleys Road
Campus
Cafe open 11:15-12:30
Interactive clas-ses: Cayleys Creations. Music.
Meal deal at Bunnings BBQ
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Multimedia Learning Centre “How Can I Make a Difference?” This has been the question for our Inquiry, which is related to the recycling process as well as the R’s of reduce, reuse and rethink. Last week and this week, we had a group of students attend the Werribee Tip to see firsthand how much rubbish our community produces. This was a great eye opener for our students and a good way to help them further their understandings around our Inquiry topic. Recently in Mathematics we have been focusing on mapping. We went out and explored where the local bins were around our school and local community. The maps that the students developed to show this were amazing. In Literacy we have been focusing on building the students understandings of using strategies to understand a variety of books. Our students are showing good progress with this and with support are applying it into their reading. Last week the students participated in the Jump Rope for Heart program here at school. They were involved in various
skipping activities, as well as some other games and challenges such as a race. It was great to see the joyful participation and students representing their school sports house with pride. Next week is Education Week. To celebrate we will have our students developing Kahoot quizzes about themselves. Then the students will be inviting parents, guardians, siblings, friends and family into our centre to play the quizzes for a quiz afternoon. It should be a really fun way to engage in the students work and see how creative and clever they are. Please be on the lookout for invitations and information that will be sent home and posted onto Seesaw about this. Anthony Heffernan, Multimedia Team Leader
Visit to MSO
Middle Years Learning Centre
A big thank you from Middle Years to all those who attended the Mother's Day Afternoon Tea. We had a fantastic turnout and it was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all the mothers and caregivers in our community. Education Week is next week! (week 6) There are many exciting activities happening connected to the theme of "Healthy Mind, Healthy Body." Groups 19, 39, 40, 41 & 42 will be exploring the 'States of Regulation' through a sensory experience, Group 22 will be making sensory
bottles, Group 23 are going for a group walk and Group 24 & 25 will be holding a 'Kids Move' activity. Parents are encouraged to get involved in their child's classroom activities on Wednesday 24th May to support and extend their learning, not to mention, have some fun along the way. On Thursday 25th May, students from Middle Years will be attending an Anti-Bullying show called "Power of One." The purpose is to highlight how bullying can affect others and what actions we can take to prevent it. We look forward to exploring our students understanding of such a relevant topic. Finally, just a friendly reminder to please make sure your child's clothing is clearly labelled with their names as coming
into winter we often find jackets, jumpers, scarves and hats without names on them.
Groups 19, 39, 40, 41 & 42 Some fantastic learning has been going on in MYPLT1 over the past few weeks. We have been exploring directions and subtraction in maths which has led to many great treasure hunts. In Reading we have been focusing in on making predictions when we read. Please help us practice our newfound skills at home, when we practice these skills in everyday situations they help us understand our world better. Parents are invited next Wednesday 24th May to our Education Week activity, we will be exploring the States of Regulation. This is a casual dress day, come in your best Active Wear. Please come if you are available, it will be a wonderful day. Remember to keep an eye out for camp notes, August will come up before you know it! From all of us at the MYPLT1 Team we hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Chloe, Jo, Buena, Sonja, Erin, Emily, Ben, Alana, Shenol, Rose, Crystal, Chas, Lisa
Groups 22, 23, 24 & 25
Education Week is almost here and PLT 2 are celebrating. On Wednesday the 24th May 2017 at 2:00pm, parents and caregivers are invited to participate in activities surrounding this year’s theme, ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind.’ You child’s classroom teacher will be running an activity in their classroom and we are looking forward to the participation of students and their families. Furthermore, students are invited to wear their favourite sports clothing or active wear on the Wednesday to go along with the celebrations. Last Friday, students had a great time participating in Jump Rope for Heart. We were so happy to see students having a go and being supportive of their teammates. Congratulations to all those who were involved. This term’s Geography inquiry has been a great success so far and students are moving on to explore the cause and effect of bush fires in Australia. We encourage parents to have discussions with their children around these themes to further their understanding. If you have not already, have a look on your child’s Seesaw account to gain some insight into all the fun activities we’ve been doing. Parents are also welcome to comment and like their students work for encouragement. Have a great week!
Benita, Amy, Olivia, Sharon, PK, Mel,
Kerryn and Ritu
Later Years Warringa Campus
Term two has seen our Later Year students dive into our Inquiry topic Citizenship 'What I do there'. After visiting our local main street, beach and shopping centre we are now preparing a visit to the big smoke where we will be going to the Eureka Skydeck.
Electives are now up and running which has provided students with opportunities to cook, learn swimming survival skills, practise their performing arts skills and attending RDA
which is part of our work experience program. Students are seen here cleaning the horse fields, and helping with cleaning duties. Pictured here are some examples of the great work
Group 33 are producing in Literacy and mathematics. Well done to all the students.
Katie, Abby, Sean,
Daniel Hien, Tonniel, Simone, Carolyn, Daniel, Bec,
Beth, Mani, Cody, Jacinta and Mel.
Bethany Road Campus
In the last fortnight BRC has had a visit from the Red Cross. This incursion allowed the students the opportunity to make connections between the great work the Red Cross achieve and students were able to make links to their Y Challenge inquiry. Year 8 and 9 students have nominated Who they wanted to work with for the Y Challenge and have been allocated a group according to this request. Some interesting ideas have already emerged with collaboration in full swing. The My Restaurant Rules Math Challenge has also had a productive start with students visiting McDonalds to evaluate their customer service some very interesting observations were made. On the 10th May The Refugee Council came to present to the students and brought a long a special guest from Burma who shared his journey to Australia. Students asked great questions and this visit provided a lot of context for students. Year 10 students have begun travel training every Friday visiting locations around local areas such as the Plaza, Main Street of Werribee and will be working up towards the CBD visiting iconic locations such as Federation Square, Gardens, and Hosier Lane. Year 10 are also straight back into their food enterprise program on Thursday’s where students are busy selling yummy goodies to fellow BRC students to raise money for important events such as formal and celebrations. The Year 10 has been focusing on text purpose, structure and language features. Students have been exploring this by using materials such as CV'S, job adverts and covering letters. Students are learning to understand that the way a text is structured is important and will help to assist them when students create their own CV's and covering letters. This work will support students when applying for work experience and will build the foundations to work towards the real industry job interviews later in Term 2. Keys please will be visiting the campus this Wednesday to support Year 10 students in getting their L plates. The outdoor Education students have returned from an overnight camp at the Grampians National Park. Student’s slept in tents, cooked dinner over an open fire, hiked to waterfalls and identified nighttime animals. Students had a wonderful time and shared their adventures with a camp video at assembly this week. Thank you to the Mothers of BRC who joined us for our Mothers Day afternoon Tea. It was lovely having a cuppa with you all.
Danielle Barclay Assistant Principal
Important BRC dates: May 26th Report Writing Day – no students at
school June 1st Wyn City excursion (date has changed) June 12th Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday June 26th – 29th June Parent Teacher interviews November 1-3 Year 8 and 9 camp December 8th Year 10 Formal
News from Kristan-Lee Week 4 was a very busy week for the Year 8 and 9 students of BRC! On Monday students in the Outdoor Ed Passion Project went on an overnight camp to The Grampians. Students had to put up their tents and even cook their food! On Wednesday students participated in an incursion run by the Refugee Council of Australia. Students heard stories from a refugee called Eh Su who came to Australia from Burma and viewed a presentation consisting of facts and figures about refugees. This gave students a better understanding about refugees and will help them with the Y-Challenge. Also on Wednesday was the Mother’s Day Stall where students were able to purchase gifts for their Mums and other significant women in their lives. Thursday was the Mother’s Day afternoon tea. Thank you to all the Mothers and Grandmothers who came, and thank you to all those who made the delicious food! On Friday students walked down to McDonalds on Hogans Corner to practice their purchasing skills and to see customer service in action. On return to the school, students were required to list three good customer service skills and three skills they could have worked on, which will help them with their upcoming restaurant project. Week 5 saw students looking at job advertisements and resumes which will not only help students to apply for their classroom restaurant job, but will also help them with applying for jobs post-school. Some students even visited Cafe 11 to view their fantastic customer service skills! Well done to all students in Year 8 and 9 this fortnight. You have really worked hard on both the Y-Challenge and your restaurants! Kristan-Lee
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
WEEK 1 Easter Monday
18 April Electives
19 April Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
20 April Mark Ott
21 April Year 8 and 9 excur-sion to Immigration Museum Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 2 24 April Passion Projects
25 April Anzac Day
26 April Electives Y challenge presen-tation to year 8 & 9 students Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
27April Mark Ott
28 April Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 3 1 May Passion Projects
2 May Electives
3 May Interschool sport Electives Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
4 May
5 May Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 4 8 May Passion Projects Outdoor Ed camp
9 May Electives Outdoor Ed camp
10 May Electives Year 8 and 9 incur-sion – Refugee Council Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
11 May Mark Ott 2-3pm Mother’s Day celebration at BRC
12 May Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 5 15 May Passion Projects
16 May Electives
17 May Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
18 May Mark Ott
19 May Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 6 22 May School Council Passion Projects
23 May Electives
24 May Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
25 May Mark Ott Mid term excursion to WynCity
26 May Report writing Day NO STUDENTS AT
SCHOOL
WEEK 7 29 May Passion Projects
30 May Electives
31 May Electives Immunization Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
1 June Mark Ott
2 June Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 8 5 June Passion Projects
6 June Electives
7 June Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
8 June Mark Ott
9 June Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 9 12 June Queens Birthday
HOLIDAY
13 June Electives
14 June Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
15 June Mark Ott
16 June Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 10 19 June Planning week Passion Projects
20 June School photos
21 June Reports printed Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
22 June Mark Ott
23 June Reports sent home Year 10 Travel Ed
WEEK 11 26 June Parent Teacher interview week School council Last Passion Project of Semester 1
27 June Electives
28 June Electives Interschool sport Girls Fitness Year 8 and 9 12pm
29 June Mark Ott
30 June Last day of Term 2
2:15 dismissal
BRC Calendar Term 2 2017
Mon-day 22nd
Tuesday 23rd Wednesday
24th
Thursday 5th Fri-
day 25th
Education Week Activities
9.30- 10.10- 11.10- 11.50-12.40
Sport on the BRC 1 BRC 2 BRC 4 BRC 3
Mindful Col- BRC3 BRC 1 BRC 2 BRC 4
Yoga in BRC 4 BRC 3 BRC 1 BRC 2
Jigsaw in BRC 2 BRC 4 BRC 3 BRC 1
Boxing: 9:30 – 12:45pm
Melissa Moor-foot & Friend 30 minute box-ing sessions for all BRC classes on the court 9:30 – BRC1 10:00 – BRC2 11:15 – BRC3 11:45 – BR4 12:15 – BRC 5&6
BRC 5 & 6 sell “Healthy” food enterprise snacks at lunchtime for all BRC stu-dents serving from Year 10 Kitchen.
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Specialist News... Jump Rope for Heart was Friday May 13 and is Term 2's Whole School Sports Day. Students have been practicing their skipping and jump rope games such as limbo and snake. Jump Rope for Heart has proven to be a beneficial way to encourage an active lifestyle as well as teamwork.
The Middle Years morning tea basketball league has reached riveting proportions with the introduction of formalised teams, jerseys, training, and coaches . The teams were drafted in term 1 after students attended three try outs run by coaches Oren, Emilia, Tim and Brian B. The competition may culminate into a pizza party for the champions if dietary and budget restrictions permit. It is predicted Emilia's Cavaliers will win the league, but any team could win, even Tim's. The students improved ball handling, shooting, hustle, and cooperation has been evident. Great effort to all involved. Kacey has been running Early Years and Later Years active play lunch time activities with almost the entire Later Years student population participating. Thank you to all staff who make outside play an engaging and enriching experience. Emilia Tessaro
News from
Cayleys Road Thank you to Cheryl , Salma, Yusef and Jack
who sold Cayleys Creations at the Mother’s Day stall last week.
We hope all mothers enjoyed their beautiful gifts!
Thank you to the parents who participated in
bus tours last week, this week and for some, both. We hope this opportunity to gather
information about post-school services is
making the decision making process clearer for you and your child.
Every week is Education week for students at CRC so we are inviting parents not next
Tuesday but the following on May 30th. Please look out for that invite.
Please enjoy snapshots of students and their learning .
Monica Cooper, Cayleys
Road Team Leader
VCAL News... We are half way through Term 2 and VCAL students are getting serious about their Post School Options. This week Nancy and Kerry have taken Year 12 parents on visits to some local service providers. It is very important that students return their completed DET forms to Nancy to ensure their funding for 2018. Camp deposit money is due for both Tasmania and Queensland camps.
Interstate camps are a fabulous way for our students to explore parts of Australia they may not otherwise get to.
Important :Second Bite SBAT will be running on the Report Writing Day 26th May. The Friday SBAT group is expected to be at SBAT on that day. Students will be travelling independently to/from SBAT. Wishing Natalie fun in the sun while she is in FIJI. Student News:
Collingwood Children's Farm On Thursdays, we went to Collingwood Children's Farm for volunteering. We had to wear work clothes and gloves (work shirts, work boots). We were cleaning up the stable for the horses by putting the old straw in the wheelbarrow and we add new straws. We fill up the buckets of water for the horses to drink and we sweep the stable at the end. I learn about what the horses eat and drink. I work with the other students which is great teamwork. I enjoy going to this program because it's great experience. (Anthony) Social Enterprise
Last Monday our social Experience group went to Clayton to visit the With One Bean Coffee roasters. Andrew and Alice showed us around the warehouse. We saw the raw coffee beans and they were sort of green and very hard. They tipped the beans into the roaster and cooked them. After they were cooked CJ pulled the lever and all the brown cooked beans came out. We sampled the coffee before we went home. I like the milk coffee better but I don't really drink coffee. By Meghna
CERES On Friday I go to CERES I do Certificate II in Horticulture. We learn about different types of plants, we identify the different parts of plants, and the different roles that the different parts of the plants play. For example, the roots, the leaves, the trunk, the stem and flowers. We water the garden, we mulch, we weed
the garden and we plant vegetables. By Mohamed Fitness Program On every Wednesday after Manor Court and mentoring at Warringa Park we come back to Bethany Road and we do boxing and nutrition to get healthy. Some of the things we do in boxing such as upper cuts, jabs, straight punches and hooks. We have done rope pulling such as tug of war and we put the rope above our head and then we would do a squat In nutrition we do quizzes on dairy, meat and protein. From Jayden Automotive
At automotive at Kangan ACE we learned how to lift up a car using a 2 post and 4 post hoist. I like automotive because you can learn about cars and how to lift the cars up and I hope to learn about engines. I want to learn how to fix brakes. By James W Altona Aged Care On Friday we go to work at an Aged Care at Altona with half of the year 12 and me we do gardening at the aged care facility. We are designing the garden to make it good and colourful and fun for grand kids when they visit. Next Friday at aged care, we are making a race track in the garden to make it good for families to come and have fun at the old folks home. By Josh
Cayleys Road News… Thank you to Cheryl , Salma, Yusef and Jack who sold Cayleys Creations at the Mother’s Day stall last week. We hope all mothers enjoyed their beautiful gifts! Thank you to the parents who participated in bus tours last week, this week and for some both. We hope this opportunity to gather information about post school services is making the decision making process clearer for you and your child. Every week is Education week for students at CRC so we are inviting parents not next Tuesday but the following on May 30th. Please look out for that invite.
Please enjoy snap shots of students and their learning . Monica Cooper Cayleys Road Team Leader
Rick and his classmates have
been working on a song called Rick’s
Bus. Rick uses pictures to help him
remember his words.
This week while Rick has been away, Sean, Ize and Eglah have been recording the music for Rick’s song.
We have been focusing on our campus expectations such as using positive language. We’re writing a song about that too!
In our Travel Ed
sessions we have been applying our literacy and
numeracy skills to navigate the way to our
homes. “I get the train to
Laverton. Then the Footscray bus. The 411 or the 412 bus goes past
my street” - Jesse
Child Safe Standards Victoria has introduced compulsory minimum standards for organisations and schools that provide ser-vices for children to help protect children from abuse.
The Child Safe Standards form part of the Victorian Government’s response to the Betrayal of Trust In-quiry (the 2013 Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations). Education, awareness raising and helping organisations and schools to cre-ate and maintain child safe environments will be the initial focus of the Child Safe Standards. Warringa Park School has completed an audit in 2016 related to meeting Child Safe Standards and is compliant.
The school values the importance of putting the child at the focus of education, safety and wellbeing. Re-cently our school was named as a Lead School for the Respectful Relationships initiative. The Respectful Relationships initiative is in response to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Family Vio-lence. The Respectful Relationships initiative allows our school to collaborate with the Respectful Relation-ship Team and other schools for a period of at least 18 months to build and sustain school cultures of re-spect and gender equality, both as learning places and as workplaces that aim to achieve long-term change in the community. The Victorian Government is investing $21.8 million over two years to support the deliv-ery of a whole school approach to the prevention of family violence. The Respectful Relationships Project team will assist with supporting our school to implement a whole school approach to the prevention of fam-ily violence and to deliver the P-12 Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships curriculum.
Child Safety Is Everyone’s Responsibility Talk to your children asking them: When do you feel safe? What makes you feel safe? What would you do if you don’t feel safe?
INFORMATION SESSION
(INCLUDING WESTERN FUTURES)
ST ALBANS CAMPUS
WEDNESDAY 26th JULY 2017
12.00pm – 2.00pm
BUILDING 4 – 4C137 (Ground floor)
THE WORK EDUCATION PROGRAM IS DELIVERED AT ST ALBANS AND FOOTSCRAY CAMPUSES. THE
WESTERN FUTURES PROGRAM IS DELIVERED AT FOOTSCRAY CAMPUS The Work Education program at Victoria University is for students over the age of 16 with intellectual disability and recognized learning difficulties. The information session provides an opportunity to find out about the programs. It is extremely important that prospective students, teachers and their families/carers attend this session.A cost is required for parking at St Albans campus ($5.50 per day or $2.20 per hour). You may pay by phone on EasyPark. Instructions in car parking areas.
THE WORK EDUCATION PROGRAM AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY IS AN
ACCREDITED COURSE WHICH HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNITY
BY EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS FOR OVER 25 YEARS
For additional information Work Education contacts: St Albans campus: Julie Bourne 9919 2713 Norman Dinsdale 9919 2614 Footscray/Nicholson campus: Sandra Thorn 9919 8535 Western Futures contact: Footscray/Nicholson campus: Mandy Morrison 9919 8733 RSVP email: [email protected] by Friday 21st July, 2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please tick box below: I will be attending on 26th July, 2017 Name:_______________________________ School__________________________________________________________No.of people _______ Contact details: Ph:_________________Email address: ____________________________________
MyTime @ 2017 TERM 1 DATES
27th April to 15th June
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
27th April— Welcome back—Holiday debrief.
4th May – “Choosing a Guiding Word” activity
11th May – Mothers day activity and M/tea
18th May – Coffee and Chat
25th May - Saver Program— Guest Speaker—Smith
family
1st June – NDIS—Introduction and revisit
8th June – Coffee and Chat
15th June - Last Session— Café 11 at Warringa Park
School.
What is MyTime?
MyTime is a peer support group for parents and carers, supporting children under 16 years of age with a disa-bility, developmental delay or chronic medical condi-tion.
Who is MyTime for?
Parents mums, dads, grandparents, foster parents, or a primary carer receiving or applying for Carers Allow-ance.
What will I get out of MyTime? Meet other parents and carers in similar circumstances Share experiences in an informal setting Information resources and services that may be available to you. A facilitator to support, co-ordinate and guide group discussion A play helper to provide activities
for the children whilst in your care and supervision Parent discussion Coffee mornings
MyTime Werribee Gold Time 9.30am—11.30 Thursdays Where Wyndham Park Community Centre 57 Kookaburra Ave Werribee, Vic 3030
Facilitator: Kylee Play helper: Carla
The MyTime program is funded by the
Australian Government Department of Social
Services. MyTime is coordinated
nationally by the Parenting Research Centre.
53 Adelaide Street Footscray
Victoria 3011 Australia
Ph. + 61 3 9689 1577
Fax + 61 3 9689 1922
Web www.tweddle.org.au
Supports for Student & Families
Message from Nurse Nicole... Immunisations: The Wyndham City Council will be visiting our school and immunising students with 2004 Birthdates. Please note: some 2004 birthdates were completed last year. Round 2 (Wed) 31st May 2017 Chicken Pox & HPV 11.30am Round 3 (Fri) 20th Oct 2017 HPV 11.15am If your student (with 2004 birthdate) does not come home with a white A4 envelope with the immunisation cards, please contact me. If you are a new student and have missed out on the immunisation program at other schools, please contact me to check that I have them on the list and have obtained their cards from their previous council. Flu Vaccine: A number of students did miss out on the flu vaccine on 10th May. We will therefore try to catch up on these students and any outstanding or late paperwork submitted, on 31st May 2017- 2nd round Immunisation. Epilepsy Plans: Please ensure epilepsy plans are taken to your next Neurologist appointment and signed by the neurologist and yourselves. I like to keep these plans as current and relevant as possible. If any student has a recent seizure please contact me, so I can update their plans. Asthma Plans: With the winter months now approaching please ensure your student has a current Asthma Plan. New Asthma Action Plans can be obtained from the First Aid Room. Medication: As per school policy we ask parents to commence all new medication over the weekend or holidays. So this can be closely monitored for any possible allergic reactions or side effects. We appreciate your cooperation regarding this. If you have any questions regarding medication or need your child to take medication at school please contact me. Please note:
All medication needs to be in the original packaging with child’s name, dose and time on the box.
If medication is being transported in students bags please contact the school as soon as possible, so we can remove the medication. Chaperones can secure school bags whilst on the bus but must not be used as a courier.
If at all possible directly handing over the medication at reception or myself would be appreciated.
Nicole
Warringa updates! Dates for the diary: Term 2: Tuesday18th April to 30th June 2017 22 May: Education Week, School Council meets
26 May: Curriculum Day: no students at school 12 June: Queen’s Birthday public holiday 20 June: School photos: CRC, BR, VCAL 22 June: School photos: WPS campus 23 June: Reports home 26 June: School Council meets 26 –30 June Parent/Teacher interviews 30 June: Assembly & 2:30pm early dismissal Term 3: 17th July to 22nd September 2017 Term 4: 9th October to 22nd December 2017, early dismissal at 1pm
Parent Tours 2017: These are the dates for school tours from 9:30-11am: Early Years 25th May, 22nd June, 27th July, 24th August, 14th September, 19th October, 16th November Midddle Years 1st June, 3rd August, 7th September, 12th October
Is your student aged 16? Is your student turning 16 this year? It may mean they are eligible for the Disability pension. Please contact Wendy in the office for further information.
Parents/carers…do you have a health care or pension card?
Do you have a Prep or Year 7 aged student?
Please contact the office as soon as possible as you may be eligible for free school shoes and a heavily discounted
uniform pack. Contact the office on 9749 5774 or email us on
Keep Me Home If…. It has come to that time of year again where sicknesses is widespread so we would greatly appreciate you keeping your child home while they are unwell and/or contagious. We have many students who are immunosuppressant and rely heavily on a healthy classroom setting. Please have a look at the diagram here to know your child's symptoms and when to not send them to school.
